Kirk,
I have my PC setup according to Tom's recommendations and it works great. I
created around six of these 16Mb partitions at the beginning of the
disk...this way I can always add more Linux distros in the future.
Matt
>From: Tom Berkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [expert] Multiple Linux systems on one hard disk?
>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:17:38 -0700
>
>Yes.
>However, I would recommend only using 4 linux installations of less than
>5 gb each. By the time you get done partitioning and formatting, you
>will not have 20gb, more like 19gb. To take care of the lilo limitation
>of having all the boot files in the first 1000 cylinders of the disk,
>make your swap partition first, then one large extended partition with
>the rest of the disk. Inside the extended partition you can create 4
>16mb partitions for /boot which will keep all your boot files at the
>front of the disk. Then you can divide up whats left into four
>partitions for the rest of your system (/ files which is everything but
>/boot) You could do a lot of other variations with partitions, one of
>which is to create one partition for /home but that means that your
>login config files will always be the same for each flavor of linux.
>This is good for some, but if you want to play with different window
>managers and other stuff like different X servers (accelerated X), then
>do not try to keep a common /home partition.
>
>Also what are the models of each of the disks that you have. Both ide?
>
>Tom
>
>Kirk McElhearn wrote:
> >
> > I am getting a new 20 gig HD this week, to add to my 4.3 gig HD. I
>would
> > like to have Windoze on the 4.3, and use the 20 for multiple Linux
> > distributions (for testing and writing purposes). Can this be done?
>Can
> > I , say, have five 4 gig partitions, and put a different Linux on each
> > one? If so, is there any special things to know when installing? I
> > would ideally not want to use Lilo, but use a boot floppy for each
> > different distribution. Will this work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kirk
> >
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